Psychological ill health and sickness absenteeism in Stockholm County six years after the tsunami catastrophe compared to a population sampleHans Michélsen, associate professor, Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Karolinska Institutet

Epidemiological studies of childhood social circumstances as determinants of behavioural risk factors and cardiovascular disease in Swedish men and womenDaniel Falkstedt, Department of Public Health Sciences, Karolinska Institutet

Socio-economic disparities in alcohol-related hospitalizations and mortality – patterns and mechanismsThor Norström, Swedish Institute for Social Research (SOFI) Stockholm University

Does maternal smoking during pregnancy lead to tobacco use in offspring? The roles of foetal environment, social influences and genesMaria Rosaria Galanti, Department of Public Health Sciences, Karolinska Institutet (KI)

Back and neck pain. What factors are of importance for the prognosis? A multi professional and international post doc project and PHD-student projectEva Skillgate, The Institute of Environmental Medicine, KI

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Awaiting ethical approval from the Ethics Review Board

Occupational skin exposure to water - are there changes over time? A population-based studyBirgitta Meding The Institute of Environmental Medicine

LifeTimeHealth 1: Social transitions, social trajectories and change in risk factor exposure and health. The influence of first employment and retirement on non-occupational behavioural risk exposure, and perceived healthJohan Hallqvist, Department of Public Health and Caring Sciences, Uppsala University, Department of Public Health Sciences, KI

LifeTimeHealth 2: Accumulation of social disadvantage and risk factor exposureJohan Hallqvist, Department of Public Health and Caring Sciences, Uppsala University, Department of Public Health Epidemiology, KI